Mop.



A. J. BAN.

MOP.

APPLIOATION FILED AUG. 27, 1914.

1,131,345,, Patented M21129, 1915.

A TTOR/VEV ALBERT J". EA'N, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

MOP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 9,191".

Application filed August 27, 1914. Serial No. 858,905.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT J. EAN, a citizen of the United States, residing in the borough of Manhattan, city, county, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Mops, of which the following is a specification.

\Vhile applicable to mops generally, and to all sizes thereof, my improvements are particularly applicable to dish mops and similar mops of relatively small size; and are designed to afford a simple, inexpensive, but strong and substantial structure, in the manufacture of which no skilled labor is required, and which presents a broad fiat arrangement of mop head in which practically all the fibrous material is available for use, as hereinafter more fully set forth ;--a distinctive feature of the invention consisting in confining and securing the bight of the cotton yarn or other mopping material on a cross bar by means of a retaining cap, the latter being clamped down upon the bight of mopping material by the operation of twisting the ends of the wire to form the shank of the implement.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1, is a side elevation of my improved mop; Fig. 2, a transverse section upon plane of line 2-2 Fig. 1; Fig. 3, a view of the wire blank; Fig. f, a top view of the retaining cap; Fig. 5, a side elevation thereof; Fig. 6, a transverse section of the cap; Fig. 7, a View similar to Fig. 1, showing a modification.

In the manufacture of my improved mop a U-shaped wire blank 13 such as shown in Fig. 3, is formed of suitable length with a cross member or bar 6. An appropriate length and quantity of cotton yarn or other fibrous or textile mop material m, is then folded across said bar I), with the bight m, of the material resting thereon, and the retaining cap 0, is then placed to rest upon the top of the bight m.

The retaining cap 0, is preferably semicircular in cross section and formed with end notches c, c, the edges of which, when the cap is placed in position on the bight m, straddle the side members 6, b, of the blank and thereby retain the cap in position and support it laterally. The retaining cap 0, being thus positioned, the side members 6, b, of the wire blank are twisted together in a manner well known in the art to form the Shank b, the operation involving the crossing of the wire ends and the formation of the convergent clamping members 5 5 which effectually secure the cap 0, in position and bind it down upon the bight m, of the mop material m, with the cap parallel or substantially so, to the sustaining cross bar I), as will be readily understood by reference to Figs. 1, 2, and 3, of the drawings.

The shank b, may be adapted for insertion in a wooden or other handle it, or the wire blank may be made long enough to afford material for the formation of an integral twisted handle it, as shown in Fig. 7. By this construction it will be seen that I attain a broad flat expanse of mop material m, firmly clamped in position, in such manner that the whole of the material eX- cept the bight m, is available for use. In other words, by the use of the retaining cap 0, I obviate the necessity for understitching, tying, or otherwise securing the mop material to its support underneath the latter, thereby saving the trouble and expense of the operation, and at the same time rendering the mop more effective, for the reason that all of the mop material not covered by the cap 0, may beutilized, there being no head, bulge, or bunch of useless confined material, for instance, between the stitching and the support of mop material to absorb and retain moisture or deleterious matter, which in my structure is entirely excluded by the clamping of the retaining cap 0, hard down against the bight m, and supporting cross bar 5, thus rendering the mop more safe and sanitary for domestic use. Furthermore my form of mop head lends itself more readily to cleansing and to being cleansed itself; and may be used and inserted in places and apertures where a round headed mop would not be available.

All the parts are adapted to be made and manipulated by machinery or mechanical appliance, the necessary manual labor in assembling, &c., being reduced to the minimum, thereby economizing in cost of manufacture.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is,

1. A mop comprising a wire shank with a cross bar at one end, mop material the bight of which is supported on said cross bar, and a retaining cap resting on the bight of said mop material, said wire shank being twisted and having converging clamping members between said cross bar and twist and said cap and mop material firmly held inposition by said clamping members and twist.

2. A mop comprising a wire shank with a cross bar at one end, mop material the bight of which is supported on said cross bar, and a retainingcap resting on the bight of said mop material, said wire shank being twisted and having converging clamping members between said cross bar and twist and said cap and mop material firmly held in position by said clamping members and twist, said cap having notches at its ends-receiving the adjacent portions of said clamping members. 3. A mop comprising a wire shank with a cross bar at one end, mop material the bight oi? which is supported on said cross bar, and a retaining cap resting on the bight of said mop material, said wire shank being twisted and having converging clamping members between said cross bar and twist and said cap and mop material firmly held in position by said clamping members and twist, said cap being parallel with the cross bar and of substantially semi-circular cross section and having end notches receiving said converg- 25 ingiclamping members of the wire shank.

' ALBERT J. EAN. Witnesses:

GEO. WM. IVIIA'TT, DOROTHY MIATT.

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Washington, D. C. 

